Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analyses using independent factors previously shown to affect incidence of CVD

a) analysis with whole milk	Standard			95% confidence intervals
	regression coefficient	t value	p value
Total calorie	0.037	0.359	0.72	-0.00025 to 0.00036
Whole milk	0.131	2.280	0.03	0.00006 to 0.001
Vegetables etc	-0.183	-2.587	0.01	-0.620 to -0.076
Alcohol	-0.019	-0.239	0.81	-0.010 to 0.008
Seafood: meat ratio	-0.023	-0.348	0.73	-0.376 to 0.265
Obesity rate	0.026	0.463	0.65	-0.067 to 0.107
Smoking rate	0.139	2.114	0.04	0.0005 to 0.021
GDP	-0.786	-7.296	<0.001	-0.013 to -0.007
d (Durbin-Watson)= 1.740

b) analysis with dairy products	Standard			95% confidence intervals
	regression coefficient	t value	p value
Total calorie	0.062	0.585	0.56	-0.00022 to 0.0004
Dairy products	-0.165	-1.634	0.11	-0.030 to 0.003
Vegetables etc	-0.213	-2.925	0.005	-0.682 to -0.124
Alcohol	-0.031	-0.377	0.71	-0.011 to 0.008
Seafood: meat ratio	-0.011	-0.153	0.88	-0.359 to 0.309
Obesity rate	0.005	0.084	0.93	-0.085 to 0.092
Smoking rate	0.142	2.086	0.04	0.0003 to 0.022
GDP	-0.697	-5.106	<0.001	-0.012 to -0.005
d (Durbin-Watson)= 2.048